InterPlanetary Consensus
summary
InterPlanetary Consensus extends IPFS and Filecoin into a hierarchical tree of independent, partition tolerant subnets where every node is a full blockchain, child chains checkpoint state into parents for global security and finality, and Filecoin FVM enables custom subnet logic. Claim: architecture can scale to billions of transactions per second by short local block times (10–100 ms) and horizontal siblings, demonstrated with an MMO example that runs fast combat locally while settling valuable assets higher in the tree.
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chapters (20)
- 0:00Intro to InterPlanetary Consensus with Juan Benet
- 0:55Why consumer apps don’t use Web3 yet
- 2:09IPC: A new architecture for blockchain scalability
- 3:18Designing systems across planetary latency
- 5:18Hierarchical tree of chains explained
- 6:58Partition tolerance and recursive subnets
- 8:35Finality and checkpointing in IPC
- 9:47Filecoin FVM and custom subnet logic
- 10:46Application-specific blockchain orchestration
- 11:51IPC vs traditional rollups
- 13:20MMO example: fast logic vs secure state
- 14:18Tradeoffs and complexity of subnet interoperability
- 15:17Designing calling conventions between chains
- 17:28Vision behind founding Protocol Labs
- 20:32The true cost of R&D and tech translation
- 22:05Funding gaps between science and products
- 23:34How public goods funding can bridge the R&D gap
- 25:02Protocol Labs as an open R&D network
- 26:02Rethinking startup culture in decentralized ecosystems
- 27:01Closing: IPC and the future of scale in Web3
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29m🛠️ Introducing InterPlanetary Consensus (IPC)
01h 04mBuilding Web3 Startups
54mIPFS & Filecoin 101
13mBuilding Onchain with FVM and IPC
12mWhy Do We Need a Decentralized Storage System?
15mThe State of Filecoin
26mPLN Ecosystem Overview: All the things you can build on
25mIPFS Vision & Supporting Growth -